Mark Moffett / Sheda with Mohammed Nassen, both smiling because they captured four live rodents in traps, Shadad, Iran

Mark Moffett / Researchers Sheda Morshed and Jim Patton with hedgehogs, Zabul, Iran

Mark Moffett / Biologist Sheda Morshed holding a hedgehog, Kerman, Iran

Mark Moffett / Biologist Sheda Morshed checks mammal traps, Kerman, Iran

Mark Moffett / Jim Patton and Sheda with Iranian mammologist Houshang Ziaie in boat on way to mangrove swamps, Hara protected area, Iran